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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02
Name Your Farm.

In discussing ways and means for
inducing greater love for their home
on the part of farmers Children" says
the american Agriculturist for Feb
ruary, naming the farm has been
overlooked. There is this much in a
name, that it is something tangible and
our affections are apt to take a strong
hold upon it. Famous students of
words have written warmly of the
power there is in names. 1t is sig
nificant fact that the masses never grow
enthusiastic about an abstract idea I'M
til it is personified, and personification
includes a name. There is another
reason for naming the farm, more ma
terial and yet not less substantial and
important. 1t makes the farm better
known. 1t is easier to refer to it. 1t
gives the farm honor Many men find
that the names of their farms have gone
before their own names; and the farm
with name is always considered more
important, somewhat better, than the
farm without a name. But it is not
enough to name the farm simply. The
name must be suggestive and appro.
pirate, and withal pleasing to the ear
Nor should the name be Understanding
or one taken from old classics, or from
the turf or play. Let it be suggestive
of the best or most pleasant feature OF
the home. Let the grove that gives sc
much pleasure, or the springs or streams
near by, or the hill that affords such
fine views, or the valley along which
the land lies and in which the home
nestes, be commemorated in the name
Then the name will surely be appro
pirate and suggestive; and it will bring
to mind, quick as thought, that abou
the home which is best and most pleas
ant, around which all the other features
are clustered"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02
Aaritultutal.
Announcements.

In again assuming the editorial chair
of an Agricultural department we do so
with the fuller sense of its labor-of
the difficulty in preparing, week after
week, material which shall be inter-
esting and instructivev (which naturally
results from seven years experience in
that position. The man who thinks he
alone can make a good paper we think
greatly mistakes in his calling. To
Napoleon is attributed the remark that
everybody knows more than any
body" and we believe that among
the great mass of intelligent, practical
farmers is an amount of real, actual
knowledge of farming in its various
branches, gained from years of expert
ence, greater than is possible for any
one man, or a score of men, to possess
The Agricultural department should be
the medium through which this knowl-
edge should be exchanged and dissem-
inated-a kind of general exchange
office, to which each farmer should bring
something in payment for what he may
receive. In the first item we ever
wrote in this capacity it was said that
we should gauge the success or failure
of the effort by the success or failure
made in securing from our brother
farmers this practical knowledge of
which we have just spoken, and it must
be confessed that our success in getting
them to write was not very brilliant.
But we still believe in the idea, and
still hope to induce the farmers to make
greater use of the Agricultural columns
TO ask for and to give information-not
on one branch alone, but in all the
various lines which agriculture en-
braces. Brother farmers, will you not
contribute to these columns, and so
assist in making them what it is our
ambition to make them--a real, live,
valuable source of agricultural informa-
ton? O. NJ. TINKHAM.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02

missioner sets forth mprehensively
the difficulties met in the attempt to
extirpate or control the pleuro-pneu-
monia scourge in the present state of
the law and with the machinery at
hand, and re-enforces his recommends
tons previously made for more heroic
methods. The commissioner argues
that the quarantine of infected cattle,
even if it could be efficiently done, does
not prevent the spread of the contagion,
except in isolated cases, and that the
losses from restrictions in trade are
greater than those caused by the dis
ease itself. He has therefore recon-
mended, and does now recommend, as
the only measure which will extirpate
the plauge and prevent both the direct
and indirect losses that wherever an
infected herd is discovered all exposed
animals be slaughtered, the premises
thoroughly disinfected and the owner
compensated for the loss to which he
is subjected for the protection of the
public. He urges upon the committee
the necessity of legislation giving to the
department power to carry out the
measures required for eXtirpating puro-
pneumonia, untrammeled by state
laws or state authorities, if it is ex-
pected to promptly suppress this dis
ease. AT present he can only cooper
ate with the state authorities, in accord
ance with state legislation in the mat
ter. In some states there are no laws
on the subject, and in all the rest they
are wholly inadequate for the prompt
extirpation of the plague. There is lit
tie doubt, however, that strong consti-
tutional objections will be raised in
congress to such legislation as the COM
missioner recommends
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02
Household Facts.

A LITTLE petroleum added to the
water with which waxed or polished
floors are washed improves their looks.
PRETTY little pincushions for the
pocket are made of velvet in the form
of panses. The lines of the flowers
are worked with etching silk.
IFroses are wilted before they can
be placed in water immerse the ends of
the stalks in very hot water for a
minute or two and they will regain
their pristine freshness.
A LITTLE bag of mustard laid on the
top of the pickle-jar will prevent the
vinegar from becoming mouldy. if the
pickles have been put up in vinegar
that has not been boiled.
THIS white fricassee of chicken is
exceedingly delicate: Skin chicken
and cut it in pieces, seasoning with
salt, pepper, nutmeg and mace. Put
the pieces in stew-pan and pour over
them half pint of cream or rich milk,
adding little butter rolled in flour.
If fancied, force-meat balls may be
added. Set the stew-pan, closely COW
cred, on the fire and simmer until the
chicken is tender.
A CORRESPONDENT of Good House
keeping announced recently that she
had discovered an agent for the de-
struction of the buffalo or carpet bug,
believed to be equally effective in de-
stroying moths, cockroaches and other
insect vermin that infest our houses.
The remedy is boraX, saltpeter and
camphor in equal parts, powdered and
combined and sprinkled about the
haunts of the vermin. Neither of
these ingredients alone will accomplish
the work; combined, they will do the
work every time.
THE following is the method of
curing hams that received the prize at a
New England fair: To every one hun
dred pounds of meat take six pounds
of salt, two ounces of saltpeter, two
pounds of brown sugar, one and one
quarter ounces of potash and four gal
Ions of water. Mix them and pour the
liquid over the hams after they have
been in the tub two days, they having
been rubbed with fine salt when put in
the tub. They should remain in this
pickle six weeks, then taken out, hung
up three days to dry and smoked.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02
Warm Water for Mich Cows.

AT the Kansas Agricultural College,
last winter, Professor Shelton took
four cows-two Shorthorns and two
Jerseys-all considerably past the period
of full milking, and gave them warm
water to drink on alternate days, in or
der to test its influence on milk-pro-
duction as compared with water at the
ordinary temperature of wells. The
experiment was continued for twenty
days, the milk credited to the warm
water being in every case the total
milk yielded at the evening and morn
ing milkings following the use of that
particular drink. The average increase
attributed to the warm water was found
to equal about one-twelfth of the usual
cold water yield-that is, supposing a
COW gave twelve quarts a day when
drinking cold water, she would give
thirteen quarts when supplied with
warm water. While this experiment,
from its brevity and circumstances, is
far from conclusive upon the point, it
certainly is suggestive of great value.
The fact that every day except one
when the warm water was the drink of
the COWS a marked increase of the
flow of milk was recorded-this in
crease amounting to fourteen and even
eighteen per cent-shows conclusively
that the warm water was always bene-
| fetal,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02
Keeping Onions.

Every year." says Joseph Harris,
an authority on the subject, eve have
many letters asking us for some method
of keeping seed onions. In our own
case we should not try to keep them,
unless it were a few bushels for family
use. Sell them for what you can get
and pocket the loss. There are many
ways of keeping good, sound, ripe, dry
onions. The great point is to keep
them dry. But you must recollect that
even ripe, dry onion contains at least
eighty per cent of water, and when a
large mass of them are kept together
they are liable to sweat, and the skins
and tops become damp; and if the tenn
perature is above freezing they will
throw out roots and commence to grow,
just as they would in the damp soil. If
it is necessary to keep them in a large
mass, put them in dry place, such as
shed or barn; then they will freeze
solid, and stay frozen till wanted in
spring They must be well covered to
keep them from thawing, and you
should avoid putting them in barn
with a basement underneath, where
horses, cattle, sheep or hogs are kept, as
the warmth from the animals might
thaw them out. We have kept them
perfectly on the east side of a north and
south wall, where the snow drifts sew
eral feet high and remains till spring.
They were simply covered with corn
stalks and leaves.n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02

usually kill it. Careful spading-fork
culture has done il. 1t is probable that
timothy, redtop and clover are the best
that could be selected for cultivation in
the ordinary system of rotating crops.
| have seen most successful expert
ments tried with false redtop upon par
TALLY reclaimed meadows. Blue joint
grass is worthy grass to be encour-
aged in wet meadows Red canary
grass is very nutritious Gf cut in the
bud) and produces heavily. 1t is pos
sible for grass to do well from seed
sown any month or day in the year.
We are not required to follow Nature in
seeding, but il is we'll to observe her
closely. The favorable period is from
the last of July to the middle of Sep
TENDER. Spring seeding is usually safe
in northern New England, but in Mas
sachusetts and further south the risk is
great. Fall-sown grass never makes
an effort to produce seed stalks the first
year, If we SOW timothy in spring in
our climate we are giving it unnatural
conditions and the plants are likely to
be short-lived. Close cutting is almost
sure death to timothy. A good top
dressing of stable manure is also good
protection, and the sooner it is applied
after a crop is removed the better it
will be for the next crop. Top-dress-
ing helps timothy. The best time to
top-dress is the next day after the hay
is cut and removed from the feld.n
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02

THIS department will be in charge of
the agricultural editor, who hopes not
only to retain as contributors those
who have heretofore made this col
umn so interesting and valuable, but
to welcome also those whose writings
were so valued in the old acquaintance
in the Freeman. Articles for this de-
partment should be sent to the agri-
cultural editor, North Pomfret, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02
advertisements.
Rheumatism

10 Is an established fact that Hoods Sar.
saparilla has proven an invaluable remedy
in many severe cases OF rheumatism, effect
ing remarkable cures by its powerful action
in correcting the acidity of the blood which
is the cause of the disease, and purifying
and enriching the vital fluid.
II Is certainly fair to assume that what
Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for others IL
will do for you. Therefore, If you suffer
the pains and aches of rheumatism give
this potent remedy fair trial.
A Positive Cure.
"I was troubled very much with rheuma.
tism in my hips, ankles, and wrists. l
could hardly walk, and was confined to my
bed good deal of the time. Being rec
commended to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, |
took four bottles and am perfectly well.
i cheerfully recommend Hoods Sarsaparilla
as one of the best blood purifiers in the
world" w. +. WooD, Bloomington, Ill.
For Twenty Years
1have been afflicted with rheumatism. Before
1888 found no relief, but grew worse. l then
began taking Hoods Sarsaparla, and it did
me more good than all the other medicine
ever had" II. T. BALLOON, Shirley Mass.
81 suffered from what the doctors called
muscular rheumatism. l took Hoods Sar-
saparila and am entirely cured" j. V. A.
PRoUDFooT, letter carrier, Chicago, III.
We shall be glad to send, free of charge
to all who may desire, book containing many
additional statements of cures by
Hoods SarsapariIla
Sold by all druggists. ST. six for IS. Made
only by c. 1. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02

THE habit Of keeping farm accounts
will help man to acquire information
which he can acquire in no other way.
He stands on his feet when he knows
for himself what every product he mar
kets costs him, and therefore its real
value, because he knows whether it
pays him to go on producing certain
crop, and what part of his farm is bet
ter adapted to it than another. This,
again, leads directly to an increased
production, for the plain reason that it
proceeds according to the accepted laws
of economy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02
Gbe Nousebolo.
If Thou COuldst Know.

think if thou coudst know,
o soul that will complain,
What lies concealed below
Our burden and our pain
How Just our anguish brings
Nearer those longed- for things
We seek for now in vain
think thou wouldst rejoice
and not complain.
think If thou couldst see,
with thy dim mortal sight,
How meanings, dark so thee,
Are shadows hiding light
Truths efforts crossed and vexed,
LIES purpose all perpexed-
If thou couldst see them right,
think that they would seem all clear
and wise and bright.
And yet thou cdBst not know,
And yet thou cdnSt not see
Wisdom and sight are slow
III poor humanity.
If thou couldst trust, poor soul,
In him who rules the whole,
Thou wouldst find peace and rest
Wisdom and sight are well,
but trust is best. --Adeioide Proctor
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02
PIeurO-PneumOnia.

" Chairman Hatch of the house com
mittee on agriculture, says the Rowd
Ne,o Yorker, " received from Commits
sioner Colman reply to the resolution
offered few days before by Mr.. Swim
burne of New York, in which the com
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02
MILK RECEPTACLEs.

All receptacles for milk, after being
thoroughly washed so as to look clean,
still need to be immersed, for five min
utes at least, in boiling water, as when
not so taken care of there is a substance
left that is liable to poison the next
milk placed therein.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02
Hints for Housewives.

The following few things which
every woman ought to know, to keep
her family healthy" are from the pen
of Keziah Shelton and are taken from
Our COuntlV Home:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02
ADVERTISEMENTS.

remedy at last that does not claim to cure every
disease but simply Consultation and the disor-
ders that are dependent upon It. This is not an
irritating cathartc, but true tonic, which never dis
turbs the stomach or leaves the bowels constpated.
The worst of Constipation be cured by the
regular and persistent use of these pills After
reasonable length of time the dose can be dimin-
ished. In this most important particular the Ruby
PIN differs from all other cathartics 1t is especially
valuable for children and invalids.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02
AN EXCELLENT EMETIG.

Warm mustard water-two teaspoon
fuls of ground mustard and teaspoon
full of salt in tumblerful of tepid
water-is an excellent emetic for one
who, by accident or design, has taken
poison. An unbeaten raw egg, swal-
lowed, will usually as quickly return
and bring the offensive matter with it.
Some poisons act themselves as emet-
ics-opium, for instance. In such a
case let the patient vomit while you are
waiting for the doctor, and ease the
vomiting by giving copious drinks of
warm water. Nausea on compare
lively empty stomach is very straining,
so give tepid water drinks to keep the
stomach supplied with liquid to throw
up; it is on the principle of rinsing out
bottle until it is clean. Meanwhile
put a heaping tea-cupful of coffee into
a pint of hot water and let it boil we'll
After the patient has vomited freely
half dozen times, administer this very
strong, hot coffee in tea-spoonfuls or
tablespoonful, if the patient can take
it, once in five or ten minutes. AS the
patient grows easier, give him a table
spoonful every fifteen minutes for
twenty-four hours. In all such cases
call physician at once, but do try
to keep the patient alive, even if the
doctor has to wait to take his slippers
off and don his boots! Ignorance of
such simple ways of saving life is
criminal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02

Powdered camphor, mixed to a PHI
able salve with fresh lard or sweet oil,
is said to be excellent for groups or
colds. Apply over the soreness or
stuffed-up" places, be ii throat, chest
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-02
HEADACHE.

A nervous headache is sometimes
cured by taking out all the steel hair
pins and letting the hair down. AT the
same time take set of steel knitting
needles and run back and forth through
the hair, all over the seat of the pain,
which will often drive the pain away
completely. A lady of over ninety
told that it was " mothers remedy,
and we always recommend steel
points if one is subject to headaches,
and it has cured so many; but if it is
the stomach which is wrong, steel
points won't do it," Persons, or rather
women, subject to " hair-pin head
aches" Gas one guide mon has named
his wife's pains in the head) should try
using horn or imitation shell hair-pins.
Headache is often relieved by dropping
window down at the top and miners.
ing the hands and feet in hot bath.
Cold water upon the head in ordinary
cases is not the "proper caper,"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-01-17

It Is told in Springfield newspaper
that when Colonel Jones marched his reg
iment into Boston on the way to Balti-
more in the beginning of the war, they
were entertained at Fancuil Hall. One
Of the boys-a big raw boned Yankee
had very heavy knapsack and a citizen
asked what he had in ii. "Circulars, :
was his reply, II have just got patent
knife sharpener, and thought l would
take some circulars along and scatter them
through the South. May be they'll do
me some good.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-01-17

Two new two-story FRA NE HOUSES
containing Eve rooms. with al necessary
convenieneee VIII be sold low on easy
terms.
Alsn. sir BUILDING LOTS. 20 = 100
feef Apply 10 ]. II. VANSANT,
SEQ. .lO.1m ST West Street
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-01-17
NATURAL BRIDGES.
Quite a Number of Them TO he Found
In the Different states.

In the Different States.
The Natural Bridge is always spoken
of as II there were but one, and such Is
unquestionably the general impression.
Everybody knows about the bridge in
Rockbridge County. Virginia, but very
few know that there are other natural
bridges in the Republic. Nor is 1t stran.
er, for they are in remote, in accessible
neighbor-hoods, very seldom visited and
almost never mentioned in print One
bridge is in Walker County, Alabama. It
spans about 100 feet, is some 20 feet high,
and lie said to be fully equal to the
famous bridge in Virginia In the sand.
stone that underlies the coal formation,
il is the center of wildly romantic reg
ion, lofty, precipitous sides of tho same
sandstone being visible in the surround
ing hills. In Christian County, Kentucky
is another bridge, having span of 30
feet and height of 1870. California
boasts of five Of these curiosities, the
largest being on small creek emptying
into the Trinity river, where vast ledge
OF rock crosses the valley. The creek
runs under the ledge through an arch 20
feet high and $50 feet span siskiyou
County, on Lost river, are two conglom-
crate sandstone bridges, so close that they
are often called the Twins. In Tuolcne
County, on Coyote creek, are also two
bridges within half mile of one another
some forty feet high, and having a span
OF 2oO to 300 feet. Thus there are eight
natural bridges in all, and probably others
that have not been discovered. IN. Y.
Commercial Advertiser.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-01-17

EsOR SALES IT. SHOW CASE In good con-
n dition. also Awning and hopes complete.
Apply TO w. III, B0URkE. 90 Prince George
Street. jl3
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-01-17
Progress in the South.

In the annual review Of the industrial
progress of the South, the Baltimore
Manufacturers Record says that in 1886
more has been accomplished for the pros
perity and progress of the whole South
than ever before in any year. This is
shown in the enormous investments of
capital in industrial enterprise and in the
growth of confidence among Northern
and European investors in the stability Of
the South's iron and other manufacturing
interests. The amount, including cap
ital stock Of incorporated companies rep
resented by the new manufacturing and
mining enterprises organized or chartered
in the South, including the enlargement
Of old plants and rebuilding Of mills, ag-
grcgate $129, ,520, 900, against S6e, ,si2 900
in 1886
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-01-17

The churches are preparing for Easter
ingatherins Of new members.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-01-17

The 18th Of last month Champoireau.
n the last stage Of despair, proceeded
toward the Seine in the firm intention Of
drowning himself. Suddenly, and Just
e he was about 70 take the fatal plunge,
an idea struck him. Let me see. this Is
Friday, and the 13tln Neverr' he said.
and started back: .sit might bring me ILL.,
Iackl Chariyari.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-01-17
Evils at Early Rising.

Enemies Of early rising win be delight
ed to hear the opinion of German doe
tor. who has been collecting information
about the habits Of long-lived persons;
and finds that the majority Of long-Iivers
INDUCED in late hours At least eigla
out Of every ten persons over 50 never
went to bed until well into the small
hours, and did not get up again until late,
in the day. Indeed, he considers fhae
getting up early tends to exhaust physical
power and 70 shorten life, while thgSsos
called invigorating early hours are. be
thinks, apt to produce lassitudc. and are
positively dangerous to some constifu
tions. Chicago Tribune.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-01-17

II 0ST.-Sunday evening. going TO st. Anne s
~ Mission, a gray FUR CUFF Finder will
please return same 10 No. Church Circle.
JlO-lw Mrs. HARDWOOD IGLEHART.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-01-17
ANNAPOLIS. MD. MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY II. 1887
SPECTAL NOTICE.

We Will insert in this column advertise.
meats Of Wants, For Rent, For Sale, Lest,
Found, &C., not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK, or less, for 20 Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-01-17

nLEAsANT ROOMS and BOARD. can be
had at No. 10 Maryland Avenue. l5w
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-01-17

NHANTED, Two gentlemen to take room
w for the protection of an old lady and
daughter. Call and see-terms very moderate.
Inquire at this Office, j3